“Will you lend me your knife for a moment?” pleaded the prisoner.
“No. You would do away with yourself.”
“Then I’ll take it!”
With the fury of a madman Henry Stolburst sprang at the Abyssinian. His fingers clutched the man’s throat.
Deth was taken unawares. With great strength, born of desperation, Henry Stolburst bore the man to the floor.
“Stop!”
It was Ashah who spoke. Henry Stolburst looked up. Just then the newcomer caught hold of him and dragged him away from Deth.
“What does this mean?” asked Ashah.
“I wished to provoke him, so he would kill me.”
“Your time will come shortly.”